Locking-ring for tires.



H. KAPLAN.

LOCKING RING FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s. 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET l- WITNESSES:

IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

H. KAPLAN.

LOCKING RING FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 8, I915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

IN VEN TOR.

4 ATTORNEY.

HENRY KAI-"LAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSICNOR T0 LONG- MANUFAC- TUBING- CCMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALI- ronnre.

LCCmNG-RING FOR TIRES.

nieonoa Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, llhllh.

Application filed March 8, 1915 Serial No. 13,087.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY KAPLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Locking-Ring for Tires, of whichthe following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a locking ring for tires and its object is to produce a ring which is applicable either to the locking of the ordinary clencher tire on the rims or to the locking of the ordinary tire rim on the,

' throughout, but I am aware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete wheel with this locking ring applied to the support of the tire rim thereon shown, Fig.

2 is a cross sectional view of the telly band and tire rim illustrating their mannerof construction, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the telly band showing the slots therein for drawing the ring up against the wheel rim, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the complete wheel ring showing the lock cover open, Fig. 5 is a plan view ot a portion of the locking ring at its ends Fig. 6 is a view with a portion of the locking ring adjacent the ends thereof looking outwardly "along the radius thereof, Fig. '3 is a sectional view of the wheel ring at its ends illustrating the lock and guide carried thereby, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of the locking ring showing the tool used forremoving the same from the wheel.

The numeral 1 represents the hub, 2 the spokes and 3 the telly band of a wheel, said telly band having an anchor hole 3' therein and five inclined slots t, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

The ring is indicated at 9 and it may be oi the type shown at 9 in Fig. 2 or for holdthe tire rim 10 in place, or it may be of the type shown at 11 in Fig. 2 for holding the tire on the rim, in either event it is locked by means of the hook 12 pivoted on the end of the ring 9 at 13 and caused to engage a projection. 14 on the opposite endof the ring by means of the spring 15, said spring being secured to the underside of the ring by means of screws 16 and 17 as shown in Fig. 6. Also as shown in Fig. 6 one end of the ring is provided with a bar 18 which egrtends into a slot in the other end of the rmg, the object'being to afiord a guide for the ring ends to cause them to be properly alined when being inserted on the wheel.

When the lock is in place and the rim secured to the folly band the cover plate 20 s rotated around from the position shown in Figs. 3 and 5 until it covers over the lock and the joint between the ends of the ring as illustrated in Fig. 1. The cover plate 20 1s so formed as to cover both the lock hook 12 and the two openings 21 and 22, which openings are used for the purpose of spreadmg the ends of the ring apart. lit is to be observed that the slot 8 is quite short while the slot 4 represents substantially the full length through which that end of the ring moves.

The anchor lug 23 is placed in the hole 8 while the lugs 24: to 28 inclusive are placed in the holes 4 to 8 inclusive. The holes 21 and 22 are provided with notches 29 and 30 to take a lug on the point of the tool which is inserted in said holes to spread the ring, the object being to prevent said tool from. slipping out after being once inserted.

. When the ring is placed either with the lug 23 in the anchor hole 3 of the folly band or in a similarly placed anchor hole of the tire rim 10 the other lugs occupy difierent positions inthe several slots and as the ends of the ring are brought together said lugs move the ring transversely against the tire or the tire rim as the case may be until the hook 12 snaps into its seat on the lug 14, whereupon the tool used to expand or close the ring may be removed and used on another wheel or returned to the tool box.

Any suitable instrument may be used for expanding and contracting said ring, but in Fig. 8 there is illustrated the preferred form arms they are provided with blocks 35 and 36 to the latter of which a head 37 is pivoted.

- The head 37 carries a screw 38 which passes through a bevel gear nut 39, said nut being in mesh with a small bevel gear 40 on a shaft 41.

The shaft 41 is carried by an ll. shaped block 43 pivoted on the block 35. Depending from the arm 33 is a sleeve eearrying a chisel shaped pin 45 for opening the hook 12 llhe pin 45 has an arm $6 to turn it and it carries a pair of prongs 47 to act as a gage for spacing the two arms 32 and 33 apart when their down'turned ends are to be inserted in the holes in the ends of the ring. Any suitable instrument such as a brace .48 may be used for turning the shaft 41.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent of the United States, is as follows, modifications within the scope of the claim being expressly reserved:

A tire retaining device comprising a fiat annulus having an outturned flange at one edge and having a plurality of slots at the other edge, said slots being of different lengths and inclined to the plane of the annulusfa ring having lugs to engage the slots in the annulus, said. ring having holes at the endsthereof for the application of a tool to expand the ring, and a spring lock carried by one end of the ring and adapted to engage an abutment on the other end of the ring. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of February, A. D. 1915, in the presence of the subscribed witness.

HENRY KAPLAN. Witness:

HENRY. 1B. Lrs'rne, 

